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WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 26 -- Sunday

Hello on Sunday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

- I thought about my fic once or twice

- I wrote

- I did some planning and/or outlining

- I did research and/or canon review

- I edited

- I've sent my fic off to my beta

- I posted today!

- I'm taking a break

- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Sunday Discussion: It's a new writing week, and the last week of the current month. How are you doing so far with meeting writing goals for the month?

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Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #2

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Current Music: Culture Club- Karma Chameleon

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Been catching up on Vampire Princess Miyu as a way to go with the Halloween thing without doing too much about it. Its still haunting, and it has become one of my all-time favorites. I'm hoping to finally finish the series and the OAV which I also watched way back then on VHS.

(In fact, that was the first time I began watching it.)

I'm also watching episodes of Ghost Sweeper Mikami with the same goal of finishing it up as well.

Anyone here also watching Horror/Supernatural themed Anime this month?

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New look at the Joker/Lex fusion

Someone on Twitter said "We are witnessing levels of yaoi never conceived before" and yeah that seems apt.

( The Merger )

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Avatar – The Gap Year – Tipping Point #1

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The Last Wolverine #1 What Happened To The Original Wolverine?

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Check In: Day 25

Saturday writing vibes or nah?

Today's question: how do you recharge when/if you get writer's block?

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If writing = dancing, then today I spent it...

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grooving! (I wrote)
5 (62.5%)

swaying my hips side to side (I edited)
1 (12.5%)

doing a two-step (I planned/outlined)
0 (0.0%)

quietly listening to the tunes (I rested)
2 (25.0%)

Database maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

Reagancomics (5 of 7): Addled vs. Evil

Reagan starred in one of DC's highest-profile "graphic novels" of the 1980s, but he could have starred in both. The idea of using Nixon as President didn't occur to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons until some time after Watchmen's initial outline, and there are times when its Nixon is more of a stand-in or proxy for Reagan (Watchmen #8).

( 'I never traded arms for [expletive deleted] hostages!' )

Doctor Strange #1 (Dec 2025)

The Stephen Strange we saw in Doctor Strange of Asgard was still stinging from the loss of his Sorcerer Supreme status, and his focus was on gaining enough power to return to Earth, give Doctor Doom a bloody nose, and reclaim his title. None of that happened, because just when he’d gained the power, the way home was cut off from him.

The journey he’s on now is a difficult one. He’s still preoccupied with Earth, still feels that urgent need to return to Clea, to deal with his responsibilities there, but now he finds himself dealing with the responsibilities foisted upon him by his title of Sorcerer Supreme of Asgard. He originally sought that power out of a selfish need, so now he has to deal with those ramifications.
- Derek Landy

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Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1

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The Flash #26: You Can't OutRun Darkseid

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Hello Halloween #1

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Reagancomics (4 of 7): Disillusionment

1985 was a bye year for Reagan, prominent-comic-book-wise. The Crisis on Infinite Earths passed without a single presidential address.

( My fellow Americans, and all citizens of the world, I call upon us all to stand together against the white menace of the Anti-Monitor. No arsenal, and no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women, except maybe an antimatter wall that destroys everything it touches...Bobby, this needs a rewrite. )

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Check In: Day 24

OMG, the weekend's upon us! What is time????

Question: Where do you draw inspiration from?

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I've got an annoucement to make:

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Today I rocked (I wrote)!
2 (40.0%)

Today I high-fived my fic (I edited)!
2 (40.0%)

Today I gave my fic two thumbs up (I planned/outlined)
0 (0.0%)

Today I waved at my fic from across the room (I rested)!
1 (20.0%)

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Green Lantern #28 Secrets Discovered In The Book Of Oa

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Reagancomics (3 of 7): Glory Days

(Boosted up from 5 installments--I found even more material than I was expecting to. Warning for suicidal ideation, serious drug-use discussion.)

At first, Reagan's portrayals in comics stuck close to the template of a generic "placeholder president," with only the occasional real-life touch to give his character some color. The most notable thing about his first comic-book appearance as president is that it stars, of all people, the "Dial 'H' for Hero" duo. The year is 1981, the comic is Adventure Comics #485.

( Kids these days, always on their phones. )